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Previous image Next image Bryan Stevenson, a civil rights lawyer acclaimed for his work confronting bias against the poor and people of color in the U.S. justice system, will deliver the address at MIT’s 2021 Commencement exercises on Friday, June 4. Stevenson is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a human rights organization in Montgomery, Alabama, which has won legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair sentencing, exonerating innocent death row prisoners, confronting abuse of the incarcerated and the mentally ill, and aiding children prosecuted as adults. Stevenson has argued and won multiple cases at the United States Supreme Court, including a 2019 ruling protecting condemned prisoners who suffer from dementia and a landmark 2012 ruling that banned mandatory life-imprisonment-without-parole sentences for all children 17 or younger. He and his staff have won reversals, relief, or release from prison for over 135 wrongly ....
Credits: Image courtesy of Student Organizations, Leadership and Engagement (SOLE). Previous image Next image The past year has been full of twists, turns, and pivots from all members in the MIT community in the face of the ongoing pandemic. Departments, labs, and centers (DLCs) across the Institute have been steadfast on transitioning customary, in-person programming and tailoring them into a successful virtual experience. MIT s Student Organizations, Leadership and Engagement (SOLE), formerly known as the Student Activities Office, is no stranger to this in their re-imagined virtual leadership programming called the First-Year Leadership Experience (FYLE). The First-Year Leadership Experience is an opportunity for first-year MIT students to connect with their peers through a variety of workshops exploring their leadership styles and developing leadership skills. Workshops are grounded in self-reflection, building community wi ....
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